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Michael Fahy’s decision to quit politics may be etched with disappointment at the thumping the party he helped to form took at the polls on July 18. But he remains adamant that the One Bermuda Alliance left the country in a better position than it fo...
DATE: Aug 28, 2017
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Politics
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Former Berkeley Institute principal Michelle Simmons has been appointed an independent Senator.
Ms Simmons joins Joan Dillas-Wright and James Jardine as the independents in the Upper House after Carol Bassett, President of the Senate since 2008 and a...
DATE: Aug 18, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
A new portfolio will address Bermuda’s ageing and increasingly chronically diseased population, the new Junior Minister for Disability Tineé Furbert said yesterday.
Ms Furbert was speaking after Senators Crystal Caesar, Vance Campbell and Jason Haywa...
DATE: Aug 09, 2017
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Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance’s failure to heed the island’s social issues has been criticised by election contender Rodney Smith, who accused the party of ducking cold truths on race, education and economic inequality.
Calling for a brutally honest conve...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Dennis Lister doesn’t like the term dynasty.
“It’s just a word that doesn’t suit me,” the veteran Sandys North Central MP said in an interview with The Royal Gazette.
“I look at what I do purely as public service — this is about serving people. If ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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Politics
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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, sworn in yesterday as the Leader of the Opposition, also announced her Shadow Cabinet and a Senate team from which Michael Fahy was notably absent.
Mr Fahy, whose immigration policies were widely perceived as a liability when...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party government is meeting with union leaders and international business representatives as it unveils specifics of its 100-day plan in stages over the days and weeks ahead, David Burt announced yesterday afternoon.
Speaking s...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Incoming Senator Jason Hayward has said he would remain committed to the interests of the workers he represents as a union leader should there be any conflict between his roles.
The president of the Bermuda Public Service Union, who was sworn in as S...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
David Burt, Premier and Finance
David Burt has chosen to balance the two roles of Premier and Minister of Finance.
The Progressive Labour Party’s leader had been the Shadow Minister of Finance since 2012 and is a former party chairman.
The father of ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Politics
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Incoming education minister Diallo Rabain has said he is looking forward to turning his passion for education into making a real difference for the students of Bermuda.
He was sworn in yesterday afternoon along with ten other ministers and five sena...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Politics
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